Celebrating their faith

July 19, 2013 |Photos by Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle

Approximately 2,200 participants will gather to celebrate God and their faith and to experience the diversity of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

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Cori Barnes, 14, with St. Helen's Church in Pearland, tries to hang onto a mechanical bull set up at the Hilton-Americas Hotel at the start of this weekend's Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston's Archdiocesan Youth Conference (AYC), Friday, July 19, 2013, in Houston.

Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle

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Cori Barnes, 14, with St. Helen's Church in Pearland, tries to hang onto a mechanical bull set up at the Hilton-Americas Hotel at the start of this weekend's Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston's Archdiocesan Youth Conference (AYC), Friday, July 19, 2013, in Houston.